Alexander S. Kirjanov

Alexander S. Kirjanov, 69, of Kendall Drive, Exeter Township, Berks County, died Feb. 8 in St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading. He was married to Dagmar (Beyer) Kirjanov.

He was a senior research chemist for Crompton & Knowles, Gibraltar, Berks County, for 19 years before retiring in 1994. He received the company's President's Award in 1988.

Proficient in Spanish and Russian, he was a court interpreter in Philadelphia, York, Berks County and the Lehigh County Courthouse, Allentown, for two years, also doing pro bono work. He founded Interlogos interpreting company and operated it from his home. He translated articles into English for various publications and the book "Early Antiquity" for the University of Chicago Press in 1991. He completed an autobiography, "Born Refugee."

A graduate of the Colegio de San Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, he received a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he was a son of the late Sergei and Princess Olga G. (Wolkonsky) Kirjanov.

He was a member of The Orthodox Church of St. Herman of Alaska, Shillington, Berks County.

Survivors: Wife; son, George of New York City; daughters, Daria A. Kirjanov-Mueller of Hamden, Conn., Natasha A. of Annapolis, Md.; a grandson.